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Ernst Abbe

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Gender Male
Death119 years ago
Date of birth January 23,1840
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Eisenach
Germany
Date of died January 14,1905
DiedJena
Germany
ResidenceGermany
Place of burialNordfriedhof (Jena)
Known forAbbe refractometer
Abbe number
Abbe refractometer; Abbe number
Job Physicist
Astronomer
Education Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
University of Göttingen
NationalityGerman
Spouse Else Snell
Parents Elisabeth Christina Barchfeldt
Georg Adam Abbe
BooksErnst Abbe's Theory of Image Formation in the Microscope
Awards Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
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Ernst Karl Abbe HonFRMS was a German physicist, optical scientist, entrepreneur, and social reformer. Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he developed numerous optical instruments.

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